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Recent Examples of ordnance
The debris is also laced with unexploded ordnance, toxic materials and human remains—complicating any attempt to restore normalcy.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Such ordnance killed as many U.S. military ground troops during the 1991 Persian Gulf War as were lost to enemy fire.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
The multinational force will play a key role in initial reconstruction efforts by ensuring basic humanitarian needs, repairing critical infrastructure, minimizing the hazards caused by threats like unexploded ordnance, and overseeing and coordinating international development efforts.
—Nir Arielli, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
When the Second World War approached, a great problem in naval ordnance was coming with it.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Such ordnance killed as many U.S. military ground troops during the 1991 Persian Gulf War as were lost to enemy fire.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
The multinational force will play a key role in initial reconstruction efforts by ensuring basic humanitarian needs, repairing critical infrastructure, minimizing the hazards caused by threats like unexploded ordnance, and overseeing and coordinating international development efforts.
—Nir Arielli, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
When the Second World War approached, a great problem in naval ordnance was coming with it.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Ordnance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordnance. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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